Linda
Truman is a founding member of the Artists’
Open House Weekend. She starting painting wildlife as a way
to record and remember particular features and nuances she observed
while viewing her natural surroundings. Her pastels and watercolors
have received many awards, most recently the “Wine and Chocolate
Award” and the “People’s Choice Award” at the regional Focus
show in May. Choosing to focus in on small landscapes, she draws
the viewer into small pockets of the natural world while authentically
documenting the life that exists there. Painting birds and their
behavior is a favorite subject. New work features mandalas which
include images from a particular habitat while providing a meditative
experience to the viewer. After thirty-six years of teaching
special education, Linda is looking forward to traveling to
different parts of our country to record the variety of wildlife
found in other habitats.

Bob
Truman has been a carpenter for forty-three
years. Recently, he has moved from fine cabinetry and finish
carpentry to making furniture. His interest in using a variety
of stones in combination with different woods has sparked his
creative juices to make tables that showcase how these different
materials work together. Stones such as pineapple onyx, red
onyx, rainforest marble, and cut river stone, combined with
woods such as cherry, curly maple and ash provide endless possibilities.
Clean lines and simple elegance enhance the natural beauty of
the materials used. Accent tables, hall tables and desk tables
will be on display. Bob won the “Best Woodworking” award in
the regional Focus show in 2015.